Red Hulk is a Marvel Super Heroes minifigure who first appeared in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, LEGO Marvel's Avengers, and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2. He was physically released in 2017.
Background[]
Comics[]
General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross was a celebrated US military-general who was positioned at the military-base in New Mexico where Dr. Bruce Banner was developing his Gamma Bomb. Ross never liked Bruce Banner as he believed him to be weak and unmanly while also disdaining the doctor's romantic-relationship with Ross's distanced daughter Betty. Eventually there was an accident at the site which transformed Bruce into the Hulk and caused Ross to be given the new job of hunting down the Hulk for the government.
Thaddeus obsessively hunted the Hulk for years and even developed a begrudging respect for the monster and the doctor who outsmarted him and outmatched him countless times. This lead Ross to start becoming desperate and reckless in his hunt for the Hulk, teaming up with super-villains like the Leader, Abomination, Absorbing Man, and Zzzax to try and defeat his nemesis despite Ross's hateful disdain for super-humans.
Eventually Ross teamed up with the evil science-organization A.I.M. to hypocritically transform himself into the Red Hulk to be equal against his green nemesis. Unlike Hulk, Red Hulk generates heat from his body that increases with rage and he is also capable of absorbing gamma energy, allowing him to turn Hulk back into Bruce Banner with a touch and drain the radiation from other gamma based superhumans. As Red Hulk however, Ross developed great hatred for himself and guilt which sometimes lead him to being an uneasy ally rather than a villain.
MCU[]
Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross is the former Lieutenant General of the United States Army who had later served as Secretary of State. During his career, he was put in charge of Project Gamma Pulse, with Ross' goal being to recreate the Super Soldier Serum. However, the experiment led to an accident which then transformed the scientist Bruce Banner into Hulk. Following a long chase, Banner got recaptured, only for Emil Blonsky to use all their experiments to transform into the Abomination. In the face of these odds, Ross was forced to accept Hulk as an ally, allowing him to escape after his fight in New York City with the Abomination. Afterwards, Ross had Samuel Sterns take the fall for the incident, imprisoned him at Camp Echo One, and exposed him to gamma radiation in order to further heighten his intelligence and subsequently forced him to work on new ideas.
Ross would leave the military and pursue a political career, being appointed the United States Secretary of State. During this time, Ross had approved of the Sokovia Accords, which aimed to control the actions of enhanced individuals, primarily the Avengers. When Steve Rogers publicly disowned the accords before going on the run, Ross instructed Tony Stark to bring them into custody. Ross arrested many of the Avengers, although Rogers would later break them out following the arrest of Helmut Zemo. Ross would also lead a manhunt for Natasha Romanoff, although later deciding to turn a blind eye after she took down the Red Room.
Ross' actions resulted in the divided Avengers failing to stop Thanos from causing the Snap, killing half of all life, including Ross himself. Being resurrected in the Blip, Ross attended Tony Stark's funeral.
In the years following, Ross’ health began to decline, and his heart problems became life-threatening. Desperate, Ross tasked Sterns with saving his life in exchange for his freedom, conditional that he also helped Ross secure the presidency. Sterns ultimately developed pills laced with gamma radiation to stabilize Ross' heart failure.
In 2026, Ross was elected President of the United States, and charged with negotiating a global treaty over adamantium on Celestial Island. Ross broke his promise to free Sterns, prompting Sterns to seek revenge. Sterns' interference led to a failed attempt on Ross' life at the White House, and later escalated tensions between the United States and Japan over adamantium, although conflict was averted by Captain America. As revenge, Sterns activated the latent gamma radiation in Ross' system to trigger his transformation into the Red Hulk at a press conference. Overcome with rage, Red Hulk fought Captain America but was ultimately talked down. Accepting responsibility, he resigned from office and surrendered to the Raft.
Description[]
Comics[]
Red Hulk is similar to his green counterpart, but has red skin, glowing orange eyes, black pants, and a spikey hair style that appears physically on minifigures such as the Tennis Ace.
Captain America: Brave New World[]
Red Hulk remains similar to his Comics variant, the only difference being he uses the new big-fig mold and has normal eyes instead of the glowing orange eyes of his previous variant.
Gallery of Variants[]
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Appearances[]
- 76078 Hulk vs. Red Hulk (Comics)
- 76292 Captain America vs. Red Hulk Battle (Captain America: Brave New World)
Other Appearances[]
- 40668 Captain America & Red Hulk (Brickheadz)
Video Game Appearances[]
Notes[]
- In the MCU, he is played by Harrison Ford who also played Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise and the eponymous character in the Indiana Jones franchise.
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